I think codezero success is crucial as it has the only posix implementation that is necessary to transition the community from Linux to L4.
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 12:41 PM, d...@ucore.info <d...@ucore.info> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm wondering about the future of Codezero project. > > I recently bought a BeagleBoard-xM board and I have strong motivation > to start doing something low level with it. I've already did some > toying and learning to get into the subject and now I'd like to start > doing something more useful. Ideally I'd like to develop a L4 kernel > and if the fate allows connect it with my professional life. I have > some embedded and Linux kernel experiences and quite a lot of > theoretical and practical knowledge about low level programming and > this is what I'm passionate about. > > And I'd really like to work with a Codezero as a starting base and > just add my own things on top of it, but I'm unsure about how this > project is going to be handled in the future. > > I really love how the Codezero is written: good plain C, well written > self explaining code, etc. I dislike C++ and all L4 implementations > around except for Codezero throw me off at the beginning. However I > can see that current development of Codezero is being done ,,in the > shadows'' with read-only releases to the Open Source community. > Current git repository is 5 months old, the project status is unknown, > on the development mailing list I can see only mails about releases > and no discussion about technical concepts or development status. And > the current git version does not even properly compile and have broken > config scripts. > > It seems that because of B Labs. business reasons (which may be a fair > and valid, but unknown to met) and the immaturity of the project (fast > development pace) even if I create any changes there is a low chance > it will be anything really useful. > > I could just start my own project which would be good for learning > purposes and just steal bits of code from codezero, but this seems > like a real waste. I'm perfectly aware that creating anything really > useful as a part-activity in a single-man project is hard and I'd like > to avoid it. > > So, are there any information on where can we expect Codezero 0.4 > release and is there any chance for more collaboration inviting > development model of Codezero? Honestly guys, what do you think? > > Regards, > Dawid > > -- > http://dpc.ucore.info > > _______________________________________________ > codezero-devel mailing list > codezero-devel@lists.l4dev.org > http://lists.l4dev.org/mailman/listinfo/codezero-devel_lists.l4dev.org > -- Empathy http://thinman.com/empathy Photography http://thinman.com/photography Technology http://thinman.com
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